Introductions

[damned_colonial]

Please feel free to introduce yourself and tell us a bit about your interest in this community.

Speaking for myself... I identify as a fan and as an amateur history nerd. Most of my fandoms -- at least, those that I am most deeply involved in -- are historical fandoms, and I enjoy learning and thinking about the history of the periods in which they are set. When it comes to history, I lean most towards social history, especially women's history and queer history, and I'm fascinated by the similarities and differences between Britain and its colonies during the colonial period. As far as Sherlock Holmes is concerned, I read the books and enjoyed them years ago but didn't fall head-first into the fandom until the 2009 movie came out. Since then I have been immersing myself in reading every related thing I can find, especially about homosexual subculture in late-Victorian London. (Previously, my main historical fandoms centred around the Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.) I don't have an academic background but I enjoy reading and discussing scholarly texts with smart, interested people, and I'm hoping this community will give me more opportunities to do that.

Comments

[wrabbit]

Hi, I'm wrabbit. I just finished my third year majoring in Classics and Comp Lit. My interests are in critical theory, all over but particularly queer theory. My background is in Classics where I favor Greek over Latin, but lately I've been living in the Victorianism stacks. I was introduced to Holmes fandom through the new movie and I've been a lot in love with it ever since.

[lotesse]

Hey, nice to meet you! I did a year of - weird, very nontraditional - classics as an undergrad when I was at St. John's College, MD. I learned almost enough Greek to remember it. I've chickened out since!

[starlady]

High five classics!